Meet our friendly team
The Active Homecare Team is a small team that support each other like a family, we strive to enhance the carers knowledge, further careers and ensure we provide high
quality personalised care. We believe in effective communication to ensure each client's care is personal to them
Laura Hayman:
Registered Manager at Active Homecare Ltd
Laura is passionate about keeping people safe in their own home by completing high quality client assessment, creating individualised care plans for all clients, reviewing all care and ensuring clients receive a high quality service. Laura will ensure that all staff are up to date with all training required to care for our clients and will also visit clients regularly to ensure all Active Homecare clients individual needs are met.
Victoria Urwin:
Office Manager/Senior Care Co-ordinator
Vicky is our Office Manager and also Senior Care co-ordinator. She joined the Active Homecare team in January 2020. When Vicky started she felt that as well as working within the Active office it was also important to complete her care training and visit clients to really get to know them. She has enjoyed this so much she is currently studying for her level 5 Leader in Adult care Apprenticeship.
Vicky has a very kind, caring nature and nothing is ever too much trouble. Vicky will always speak to you in a lovely manner on the phone and always has a smile on her face when she comes to visit.
Debbie Proud:
Community Care Assistant
Debbie joined Active Homecare in June 2019 as one of our Community Care Assistants. Debbie had previously worked as a housekeeper for many years for an elderly couple and gained alot of experience in caring for the elderly, housekeeping and managing a small team. Debbie is an experienced carer who is extremely caring and goes above and beyond for her clients, she is always very professional and is always willing to support the Active Homecare Team. All our clients speak very highly of Debbie and we love hearing such positive feedback.
Hayley Brown:
Community Care Assistant
Hayley joined the Active Homecare team in March 2020 as one of our Community Care Assistants. Hayley was previously a foster carer looking after infants, before working in care for many years. Hayley brings many ideas and experience to the team, Hayley would like to further her career in care and we at Active would love to support her with this. Hayley has a very calm and patient nature, she loves to talk to the clients and build a relationship with them.
Tara Bithrey:
Community Care Assistant
Tara joined Active Homecare in May 2020. Tara has a very calming and kind nature. She has built up some brilliant relationships with her clients since she has joined who love to see her when she visits. Tara is committed to giving our clients the highest level of support and care within their own home. She will always go above and beyond for her clients and is a highly valued member of the team. Tara has recently completed her certificate for The Care and Management of Diabetes and is now our diabetes champion.
Megan Berry:
Community Care Assistant
Megan joined our Active Homecare team in August 2020 already having previous experience in Homecare. Megan quickly became a key member of the team and has built up some really great relationships with our clients. She is kind and caring and always puts our client’s needs first. Megan is currently studying for her Level 2 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship. We look forward to Megan progressing within Active Homecare in the future.
Dee Murphy:
Community Care Assistant
Dee joined Active Homecare in March 2021. She has built up some great relationships with her clients and always provides a high standard of personalised and person centred care. As well as mandatory training Dee has completed certificates Level 1 in Mental health and Level 3 end of life care. Always arriving at visits with her lovely smile and kind nature, you will see Dee on our evening and weekend rounds.
Angela Dobinson:
Community Care Assistant
Angela joined the Active Homecare team in December 2020. She is kind, caring and will go above and beyond for all her clients. She has built up some great relationships with her clients and always puts a smile on their face. Recently Angela has completed the hydration course and is now our hydration champion ensuring all our clients are drinking plenty of fluid throughout the day. We look forward to Angela growing with Active Homecare.
Laura Hayman:
Registered Manager at Active Homecare Ltd
Laura is passionate about keeping people safe in their own home by completing high quality client assessment, creating individualised care plans for all clients, reviewing all care and ensuring clients receive a high quality service. Laura will ensure that all staff are up to date with all training required to care for our clients and will also visit clients regularly to ensure all Active Homecare clients individual needs are met.
Victoria Urwin:
Care Manager
Vicky is our Care Manager. She joined the Active Homecare team in January 2020 and manages the Active Homecare office along with seeing our lovely clients.
Vicky has a very kind, caring nature and nothing is ever too much trouble. She will always speak to you in a lovely manner on the phone and always has a smile on her face when she comes to visit.
Vicky has recently completed her level 5 in leadership and management in Adult Care.
Debbie Proud:
Senior Community Care Assistant
Debbie joined Active Homecare in June 2019 as one of our Community Assistants. Debbie had previously worked as a housekeeper for many years for an elderly couple and gained alot of experience in caring for the elderly, housekeeping and managing a small team. Debbie is an experienced carer who is extremely caring and goes above and beyond for her clients, she is always professional and is always willing to support the Active Homecare Team. All our clients speak very highly of Debbie and we love hearing such positive feedback.
Hayley Brown:
Senior Community Care Assistant
Hayley joined the Active Homecare team in March 2020 as one of our Community Care Assistants. Hayley was previously a foster carer looking after infants, before working in care for many years. Hayley brings many ideas and experience to the team, Hayley would like to further her career in care and we at Active would love to support her with this. Hayley has a very calm and patient nature, she loves to talk to the clients and build a relationship with them.
Angela Dobinson:
Senior Community Care Assistant/In-house trainer
Angela joined the Active Homecare team in December 2020. She is kind, caring and will go above and beyond for all her clients. She has built up some great relationships with her clients and always puts a smile on their face. Recently Angela completed her Level 3 in teaching and education and has now been appointed the role as our trainer. All mandatory training will now be delivered in-house.
Dee Murphy:
Community Care Assistant
Dee joined Active Homecare in March 2021. She has built up some great relationships with her clients and always provides a high standard of personalised and person centred care. As well as mandatory training Dee has completed certificates Level 1 in Mental health and Level 3 end of life care. Always arriving at visits with her lovely smile and kind nature, you will see Dee on our evening and weekend rounds.
Stacey Johnson:
Care Co-ordinator
Stacey joined Active Homecare in November 2021 and is an extremely valued member of the team. She is currently completing her Level 4 in Adult Care. Stacey has some great relationships with clients and always puts a smile on their faces when she visits their homes.
Tara Martin:
Community Care Assistant
Tara joined Active Homecare in May 2020. Tara has a very calming and kind nature. She has built up some brilliant relationships with her clients since she has joined who love to see her when she visits. Tara is committed to giving our clients the highest level of support and care within their own home. She will always go above and beyond for her clients and is a highly valued member of the team. Tara has recently completed her certificate for The Care and Management of Diabetes and is now our diabetes champion.
Ateeka Saleem:
Community Care Assistant
Ateeka joined the Active Homecare team in 2023, our clients absolutely love her bubbly and happy personality. Ateeka always manages to put a smile on the clients and staff members faces. Ateeka has completed all her mandatory training and recently attended the catheter care course.
Jane Kent:
Community Care Assistant
Jane has recently joined our team. She has now completed all of her mandatory training and shadow shifts. Jane is building up some great relationships with our clients and has settled really well into the team. We look forward to the future with her in our team.
Grace Maelzer:
Bank Community Care Assistant
Grace joined our team earlier this year. She has settled really well into the team and has completed all of her mandatory training as well as attending catheter care training. Grace is really enjoying the role and has built some really good relationships with her clients. Grace will continue to attend extra training to develop in her role.
Angela Hayman:
Bank Community Care Assistant
Angela is our flexible worker who joined the team at the start of Active Homecare's journey. Previous roles include senior special needs assistant and has worked in many care homes. Our clients love seeing Angela when she is out on visits.
Carol Urwin:
Office Administrator
Carol joined the team in June 2021. She has undertaken many roles in local government for over 40 years, most recently as the Town Clerk for Kempston Town Council. After retiring, she decided to try something entirely different and is really enjoying working in the care sector with such a friendly and lovely team
Active Homecare
Active Homecare was founded in January 2019 by Laura Hayman RGN. Laura has worked within community settings for many years now, as a registered community nurse and specialist District nurse, caring for people with all manners of health, social and cultural needs within their own home. Laura has found working within the community setting that personalised community care services were limited, for this reason she wanted to set up her own Homecare service that provides safe, dignified, compassionate care to clients that wish to have care within the comfort of their own home.